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No. 561,075. 8 Patented May 26, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDiVARD FUBRELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOUBI.

PICTURE-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,075, dated May 26, 1896.

Application fil d October 21, 1895. Serial No. 566,350. (No model.)

To LlxZZ zoloom L'25 mCb concern:

Be t known that I, .EDVVARD W. FUERELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at St. Louis, in the State Of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Picture-Frames, 'Of which the following is a specification.

lily invention has for its object principally to provide a light, handsome, and inexpensive picture-frame specially adapted to the cheaper class of pictures for enlivening the l1omes of the poor who are unable to obtain the more expensive and elaborate frames in ordinary use.

The invention consists in features of novelty, as hereinafter described and clai-med,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, whereon- Figure l is a front view of my improved picture-frame, partly broken away; Fig. 2, a horizontal section thereof on line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a si1nilar view to Fig. 2, to enlarged scale, throngh one side of the frame, showing the front piece or molding partly detached from its holder; Fig. 4, a similar view to Fig. 3, showing a modified arrangement of part of the invention seen in Figs. 2 and 3, Figs. 5 and 6, similar views to Fig. 8, showing various forms of moldings; Fig. 7, a part plan or top edge view Of the frame adapted to advertising purposes, and Fig. 8, a similar view to Fig. 5, showing a modified arrangement of the molding, like letters of reference denoting like parts in all the tigures.

CL represents a backing or mount for the picture Z7. To the face of the mount CL, preferably at right 'angles therewith, along its marginal portions, are fixed brackets c, suitably spacecland having their outer edges or contour preferably correspondin g to the crosssectional profile of the front pieces or moldings Cl 8 of the frame, which are supported and held in alinement, respectively and. collectively, by the brackets 0. In the inner end or edge of each bracket c, adjacent to the picture Z), is formed a notch f of suitable depth for receiving the marginal portions of and. holding the glass gin position. The notches f' may be located either at some distance from the mount ct, so as to leave a pocket or space between the glass g and mount cr, as shown ture b.

In the manufacture of the frame I preferably make the backing or mount Ct of pasteboard, to which the brackets 0, of Wood, cork, or analogous substance, are ined by glue or otherwise. The 1noldings CZ c are preferably made in one piece, respectively, of paper or p'asteboard suitably pressed or molded to the desired shape and iixed to the outer edges of the brackets c by glue or otherwise, so that the several parts of the moldings CZ c closely fit and adhere firmly to the correspondinglyshapedparts Of the brackets 0; or the moldings CZ 8 may be nnattached to the brackets (3 and attached instead to the edges or other marginal parts of the mount CC, or each molding may be made in separate strips attached to the brackets 0 in lieu of a single piece, as described.

The face of the moldings Cl 8 may be covered with satin, velvet, leather, gilding, or other ornamentation or finish to the article.

When used for advertising purposes, the top molding e, with its attachments or brackets c, is made removable from the backing or mount CL for inserting a display-card or picture within the space between the glass g and mount CL or for removing the card tl1erefrom at pleasure, in which case the attachments C of the molding e are fixed to the mount Ct by screws t, as shown in Fig. 7, or by any other removable fastening.

In Fig. 8 the molding CZ is shown doubled over at its inner edge, the lapped portion CZ' entering the notches f, so as to bear springwise against the glass g, thereby tightening the latter and Obviating the necessity Of fixing the molding CZ along its inner edge to the brackets c.

By this invention a picture-frame is produced at the cost of a few cents equal in appearance to the more costly article, thereby enabling the poor to render their rooms bright and cheerful and cultivate artistic tastes. lilloreover, with a frame of this description the cheap but meritorious newspaper and other illustrations can be utilized.

what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1, A picture fraine consisting of a backing or mount for the picture, brackets fixed marginaiiy to the mount, and the front pieces or moidings supported by the brackets, substantaiiy as described.

9. A picture-frame consisting Of a backing or mount for the picture, brackets fixed marginaiiy to the mount, and the front pieces or moldings fixed to the brackets, the said brackets having notches for hoiding the giass, sub- StantiaHy as described.

3. A picture-frame, consisting of a backing' or mount for the picture, brackets ixed marginaiiy and at right angies to themount, and the front pieces or moidings ixed to the brackets or adjacent part of the mount the 

